Lawyers Act (FMLA)
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Art. 35 Amendment of current legislation
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The amendment may be consulted under AS 2002 863.
Art. 36 Transitional law
Persons who hold a lawyer’s practising certificate under the current cantonal law shall be entered on the cantonal lawyers’ roll, provided they would have been granted a professional practising certificate in the other cantons under Article 196 number 5 of the Federal Constitution.
Art. 37 Referendum and commencement
1 This Act is subject to an optional referendum. 2 The Federal Council shall determine the commencement date. Article 2 paragraphs 2 and 3 and Article 10 paragraph 1 letter b as well as Sections 4, 5 and 6 shall only come into force if the Agreement of 21 June 1999 between the Swiss Confederation of the one part and the European Union and its member states of the other on the Free Movement of Persons comes into force. 3 For citizens of member states of EFTA, Article 2 paragraphs 2 and 3 and Article 10 paragraph 1 letter b as well as the Sections 4, 5 and 6 only come into force if the Federal Act of 14 December 2001 in relation to the Provisions on the Free Movement of Persons in the Agreement of 21 June 2001 on the Amendment of the Convention of 4 January 1960 establishing the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) comes in force. Commencement date: 1 June 2002
Para. 2 — SR 0.142.112.681 Para. 3 — AS 2002 685. This FA came into force on 1 June 2002. Para. 3 — Inserted by No I of the FA of 22 March 2002, in force since 1 Aug. 2002 (AS 2002 2134; BBl 2002 2637).